Security Engineering salaries
Pay ranges taken from 876 open security engineering roles where the employer published the salary. From employers' own hiring pages. Updated Nov 5, 2026.
Published salaries for Security Engineering
Based on 876 current listings where the employer published a yearly pay range in US dollars. Other currencies and hourly rates are left out so the ranges compare. We never estimate salaries.
| Median range | $150,000 to $217,750 |
|---|---|
| Median midpoint | $182,750 |
| Lowest published minimum | $30,000 |
| Highest published maximum | $600,000 |
Roles with a published salary
- Principal, AI Transformation, CyberOde with Anthropic · San Francisco$450k–600k/yr
- Sales Specialist - Data & AI Security - SF BayVeeam SoftwareRemote · US$314k–584k/yr
- Sales Specialist - Data & AI SecurityVeeam SoftwareRemote · US$314k–584k/yr
- Sales Specialist - Data & AI SecurityVeeam SoftwareRemote · US$314k–584k/yr
- Sales Specialist - Data & AI SecurityVeeam Software · Houston, TX$314k–584k/yr
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- Sales Specialist - Data & AI SecurityVeeam Software · Dallas, TX$314k–584k/yr
- Manager, Cybersecurity Sales SpecialistAnthropic · San Francisco, CAOn-site$450k–550k/yr
- Member of Technical Staff, Security EngineerMagic · San FranciscoOn-site$225k–550k/yr
- Staff AI Security EngineerVeeam Software · San Jose, CA$289k–537k/yr
- Data Scientist, CybersecurityOpenAIRemote · US$263k–515k/yr
- InfoSec LeadOpenAI Deployment Company · New YorkHybrid$300k–500k/yr
- Researcher, Frontier Cybersecurity RisksOpenAI · San Francisco$380k–500k/yr
- Staff+ Researcher, Cybersecurity ProductsAnthropic · San Francisco, CAOn-site$405k–485k/yr
- Principal Security EngineerBlockRemote · US$319k–479k/yr
- Product Manager, CybersecurityAnthropic · San Francisco, CAOn-site$385k–460k/yr
- Cybersecurity Sales SpecialistAnthropic · New York, NYOn-site$380k–450k/yr
- Product Engineer, CyberOpenAI · San FranciscoHybrid$255k–445k/yr
- Software Engineer, Codex CyberOpenAI · San Francisco$266k–445k/yr
- Forward Deployed Security EngineerOpenAI · Washington, DCHybrid$266k–445k/yr
- Security Engineer, Agent SecurityOpenAIRemote · US$266k–445k/yr
- Principal Security EngineerMongoDB · New York, NY$162k–439k/yr
- Security Lead, Product and Infrastructure (InfoSec)River AI Inc. · Palo Alto, CA$200k–420k/yr
- Staff / Senior Data Center Security EngineerAnthropic · San Francisco, CAOn-site$320k–405k/yr
- Autonomous Systems Security EngineerAnthropic · San Francisco, CAOn-site$320k–405k/yr
- Security Data EngineerAnthropic · San Francisco, CAOn-site$320k–405k/yr
- Security Engineer / Research Engineer, RL SecurityAnthropic · San Francisco, CAOn-site$320k–405k/yr
- Cyber Evaluations EngineerAnthropic · (US)On-site$300k–405k/yr
- Platform Hardware SecurityAnthropic · San Francisco, CAOn-site$320k–405k/yr
- Staff Security Engineer, Risk EngineeringAnthropic · San Francisco, CAOn-site$320k–405k/yr
- Research Engineer, Cybersecurity RL (Reinforcement Learning)Anthropic · San Francisco, CAOn-site$300k–405k/yr
- Founding Security EngineerArtificial Intelligence Underwriting Company · San FranciscoOn-site$200k–400k/yr
- Principal - Strategic Accounts - CybersecurityOpenAI Deployment Company · New YorkHybrid$200k–400k/yr
- Member of Technical Staff, Vulnerability ManagementInferact · San FranciscoOn-site$200k–400k/yr
- Forward Deployed Engineer - Cybersecurity - USOpenAI Deployment Company · New YorkHybrid$170k–400k/yr
- Technical Deployment Lead - Cybersecurity - USOpenAI Deployment Company · New YorkHybrid$170k–400k/yr
- Staff Security Engineer [Remote-US]QuanataRemote · US$290k–400k/yr
- Security Engineer - Member of Technical StaffSimile · San FranciscoOn-site$200k–400k/yr
- Security EngineerMoment · New York, NYOn-site$200k–400k/yr
- Security EngineerLambda · San FranciscoHybrid$230k–395k/yr
- Security EngineerSierra · San Francisco, CAOn-site$230k–390k/yr
- Senior/Staff Product Manager, Autonomous Cyber OperationsTwenty · Arlington, VAOn-site$161k–389k/yr
- Staff Product Manager, Autonomous CyberTwenty · Arlington, VAOn-site$161k–389k/yr
- AI Security & Control ResearcherApollo Research · LondonOn-site$204k–385k/yr
- Product Manager, Safeguards (Cyber)Anthropic · San Francisco, CAOn-site$305k–385k/yr
- Security EngineerFigma · San Francisco$153k–376k/yr
- Security Engineer, PrivacyRamp · New York, NYHybrid$185k–375k/yr
- Principal Engineer, AI SecurityLila Sciences · Cambridge$252k–374k/yr
- Principal Security Field EngineerDatabricksRemote · US$270k–372k/yr
- Strategic Delivery Lead, CyberOpenAI · Washington, DCHybrid$266k–370k/yr
- Lead, Data Center Security Delivery (Construction to Operations)AnthropicRemote · US$290k–365k/yr
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